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Helena Weekly Herald
Helena, Lewis And Clark County, Montana
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In Chesterfield County, SC, a posse from Columbia captured Col. E. B. Cash while attempting to arrest his son Bogar (W. B.) Cash, a fugitive murderer who killed town marshal W. H. Richards in Cheraw. Bogar escaped into the swamps, which are being searched.
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COLUMBIA, S. C., March 9. - Bogar Cash escaped to the swamps, but Col. Cash, his father, is a captive. Last night a posse of twelve armed men commanded by the chief State constable, of Richburg, left the city under orders from the governor to proceed to Chesterfield county and capture W. B. Cash, who killed W. H. Richards, the town marshall of Cheraw, and whom the governor had proclaimed a fugitive from justice. The posse arrived at Cash's place early this morning and surrounded the residence. Col. E. B. Cash was arrested, but Bogar Cash, who was sleeping in an out-building, escaped to the swamp, which is now being searched. E. B. Cash, on discovering a picket at daylight, armed himself and attempted to escape. He ran against a member of the posse who levelled his rifle and compelled Cash to drop his weapons.
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Chesterfield County
Event Date
March 9
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bogar cash escaped to the swamp; col. e. b. cash captured without injury
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A posse of twelve armed men from Columbia, commanded by the chief State constable of Richburg and under governor's orders, surrounded the Cash residence in Chesterfield county early this morning to capture W. B. (Bogar) Cash, who killed Cheraw town marshal W. H. Richards. Bogar escaped from an out-building to the swamp, now being searched. His father, Col. E. B. Cash, was arrested after attempting to escape armed and being compelled to drop his weapons.